Originally posted by CliffLandinWell maybe people could pick up a slave or two to meet the "property owner" requirement.
Tea Partier (tea bagger?), Judson Phillips, would like to rescind voting rights for non-property owners because home owners have "more of a vested interest". Perhaps we should also make that a requirement for serving in the military. You know, because you'll fight better if you have more to lose.
"PHILLIPS: The Founding Fathers originally said, they p ...[text shortened]... han non-property owners."
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/30/tea-party-voting-property/
Originally posted by CliffLandinInstead of being a dick, maybe you could answer the question without the vitriol.
Really?! Let's have some more of your right winged, illegal alien paranoia.
My criteria, is that one must be 18, so you'll have to wait a few more years, and one must be a citizen.
EDIT: And you must be registered. Pretty simple, actually.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHI was answering a dick question. This post had nothing to do with illegal aliens. It was about denying American citizens the right to vote because they are not property owners. He was the one that brought the idiocy and he got the response that he deserved.
Instead of being a dick, maybe you could answer the question without the vitriol.
What are you, his mother?
Originally posted by CliffLandin"I was answering a dick question."
I was answering a dick question. This post had nothing to do with illegal aliens. It was about denying American citizens the right to vote because they are not property owners. He was the one that brought the idiocy and he got the response that he deserved.
Wouldn't that make you a dickbagger?
GRANNY.
Originally posted by CliffLandinThis post had nothing to do with illegal aliens.
I was answering a dick question. This post had nothing to do with illegal aliens. It was about denying American citizens the right to vote because they are not property owners. He was the one that brought the idiocy and he got the response that he deserved.
What are you, his mother?
No one said otherwise. Whodey asked for you to outline the criterion you use when considering the right to vote. His anecdotal use of illegal aliens could just as easily been people within the penal system, for example.
Originally posted by FreakyKBHExcept that it is incredibly stupid to assume that ANYONE would allow people that aren't citizens to vote. AND illegal aliens are the bogey man of the right. If he had said people within the penal system, then that would have been a serious, legitimate questions.
[b]This post had nothing to do with illegal aliens.
No one said otherwise. Whodey asked for you to outline the criterion you use when considering the right to vote. His anecdotal use of illegal aliens could just as easily been people within the penal system, for example.[/b]
"Should CITIZENS that are incarcerated be allowed to vote." See, they are still citizens. It isn't a good question, but it at least it is feasible. There has never been a question whether people who are incarcerated should be able to vote. However, the question is, should convicted felons be allowed to vote? In my opinion, if you have served your time, then you should be allowed to vote.
Originally posted by CliffLandinWhy shouldn't people who are currently incarcerated "be allowed" to vote?
Except that it is incredibly stupid to assume that ANYONE would allow people that aren't citizens to vote. AND illegal aliens are the bogey man of the right. If he had said people within the penal system, then that would have been a serious, legitimate questions.
"Should CITIZENS that are incarcerated be allowed to vote." See, they are still citizens ...[text shortened]... ed to vote? In my opinion, if you have served your time, then you should be allowed to vote.
Isn't it the case that some states even bar ex-felons from voting?
I vaguely recall that a majority of states bar incarcerated felons, parolees and probationers.
But that around a third of the states even barred anyone with a felony on their record even if they were out free on time served.
Seems like there was a move to change this some 5 years back. I don't recall the outcome.
Is it true that someone from this tea-party malarky is actually standing on an anti-masturbation platform?
What the hell is that all about? Of all the things to get worked up about in the world, she's got her knickers in a twist about people playing with themselves?
Let's put it in the scale of judgement here:
- Bomb women and children, burning them alive: Fine
- Filling a sock: Bad
Dear God. Please let it all stop.
I hate to barge in on this whole voting issue. But say you morally disagree with ownership, forcing someone to own before allowing them to vote, literally knocks them and their views out of the democracy.
The same goes for criminals.
The same goes for communists.
The same goes for republicans (although I am willing to make the odd exception, of course).
The same goes for paedophiles.
The whole point of a democracy is that everyone can have an opinion and try to force change based on that opinion.
And don't tell me the old: "The US isn't a democracy, it's a republic" rubbish. I've heard enough US sound bites about bringing their democracy to the world to know that republicans are either full of it or are hypocrites.
Originally posted by shavixmirIts a Democratic Republic.
I hate to barge in on this whole voting issue. But say you morally disagree with ownership, forcing someone to own before allowing them to vote, literally knocks them and their views out of the democracy.
The same goes for criminals.
The same goes for communists.
The same goes for republicans (although I am willing to make the odd exception, of course ...[text shortened]... r democracy to the world to know that republicans are either full of it or are hypocrites.
Originally posted by shavixmirShe lost. She also wasn't a witch, apparently.
Is it true that someone from this tea-party malarky is actually standing on an anti-masturbation platform?
What the hell is that all about? Of all the things to get worked up about in the world, she's got her knickers in a twist about people playing with themselves?
Let's put it in the scale of judgement here:
- Bomb women and children, burning them alive: Fine
- Filling a sock: Bad
Dear God. Please let it all stop.